"Youth means love, Vows can't change nature, priests are only men."

“The act of not discussing or confiding the event with another may be more damaging than having experienced the event per se.”

“To have the chance of being loved we have to take a chance on being destroyed inside”

Source : Jo Nesbo (2009). “The Devil's Star: Harry Hole 5”, p.248, Random House

“I think that it’s premature to call Libya a democracy because political order is still so fragile there and the command by the state over the means of violence is still so inadequate that I think state building remains a major challenge. And until the militias can be reined in and the authority of the democratically-elected state can really be firmly established, there’s still tremendous fragility and vulnerability in the unfolding story in Libya.”

“The DSA scheme has not been reviewed for 25 years”

“Human nature is deeper and broader than the artificial contrivance of any existing culture.”

“Hawaiis own Patsy Mink served as the first congresswoman of color and first Asian American woman in the House; she later sought the Democratic Party presidential nomination.”

Source : "Our Commitment to Women’s Success Continues" by Rep. Colleen Hanabusa, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 31, 2014.

“To live sanely in Los Angeles ... you have to cultivate the art of staying awake. You must learn to resist (firmly but not tensely) the unceasing hypnotic suggestions of the radio, the billboards, the movies and the newspapers; those demon voices which are forever whispering in your ear what you should desire, what you should fear, what you should wear and eat and drink and enjoy, what you should think and do and be.”

“I've traveled the world and been about everywhere you can imagine. There's not anything I'm scared of except my wife.”